"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Become a Patron! Film buffs know right away when you mention the names Harold And Maude, that it can only refer to the delightfully dark and enduring classic film starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon. The 1972 film was, in many ways, the perfect companion to the cultural phenomena of...
Surprises await you: Become a Patron! In the early 1970s, when National Public Radio was getting off the ground, getting its feet wet and finding its way, it was an exciting adventure in the possibilities of what Educational Radio could achieve. The promise, though reached, was never sustained and has...
Become a Patron! The Post-World War 2 history of Europe is fascinating, not only because of the dramatic change in policies but also the dismantling of the Colonial presence throughout the world. In many cases, the dismantling came with a price – sometimes the independence of a former colony brought...
Senator George McGovern – Face The Nation – August 19, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! As the events of these past few months increase in intensity and as the subject of Impeachment becomes more and more evident, listening to the events of a previous time...
James Simon Kunen – Interview from On Screen – WBAI-FM – June 26, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some things age well – some things age not at all and some things age poorly. In the Arts it’s a matter of subjectivity. Music we’ve heard and books we’ve...
Become a Patron! Alice B.Toklas. The name might not ring many bells with generations born after the 1960s. But during the 60s, during the blossoming of the Counterculture, she was an icon, and maybe more than her companion Gertrude Stein, became the face of the burgeoning drug culture that sprang...
Become a Patron! From the somewhat addled mind of Gordon Skene: You have options – and both of them are just below the photo. As you know, we were hot in the midst of our Annual Past Daily Fundraiser almost two weeks ago – doing our yearly stump for support...
Barry Gray’s Nightclub – Featuring Doris Day (and others) – WOR, New York – February 5, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sad news today of the passing of Doris Day, one of America’s legends and treasures, it would be difficult if not impossible to add anything...
Beth Carvalho In Concert from São Paulo – 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Beth Carvalho in concert tonight. Recorded in 1993 and issued on CD. With the sad news earlier this week of the death of The Godmother of Samba, Beth Carvalho, I felt a sense of irony...
March 30, 1951 – CBS Radio: Hear It Now with Edward R. Murrow – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1951 – What this week sounded like in 1951, and a look at Hollywood at a crossroads. A week loaded with drama – from hearings on Organized Crime to...
